Recognition of Prior Learning - (RPL)
Initial application Price AU: $150.00 | RPL pricing depends on each individual application.
Contact Industry Accreditation to discuss yours.
When you apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), we look at the previous learning and experiences you have gained from work, life or previous training and compare these against the learning outcomes required for a specific unit or qualification.
A program or qualification includes several units. You may apply for RPL for an entire qualification or individual units. You must provide evidence that demonstrates that you are currently competent in all of the criteria required of each particular unit.
Being competent means that you:
- can perform a job/task/activity to meet today’s industry standards
- can do it in a consistent way, over time
- have sufficient knowledge to enable you to perform it in a range of situations
Industry Accreditation will help you identify the requirements of a unit of competency.
You need to provide evidence of your knowledge and skills by submitting relevant documents or materials with your application form or through discussion and answering questions regarding your competency with Industry Accreditation. A Position Description and Resume are relevant and required for the application, however cannot stand alone as evidence.
We will take you through this process and make it as straightforward as we can for you and your touring company. We usually interview you (either face to face or over the telephone) and assist with all the processes involved. If you are a current tour guide, with no formal qualifications, we want to help you gain that accreditation. Our aim is to make the process simple and painless for you, allowing you to go on with what you do best – guiding.
If you are submitting an RPL application and you have special needs, reasonable adjustments are made in the evaluation procedure. For example if you have a disability, experience difficulties in language or numeracy, or if you are from a non- English speaking background,
Industry Accreditation will be able to provide you with assistance.
Here are some definitions to help you understand the RPL process.
Acceleration/Fast tracking – Is progression through an education or training program at a faster rate than usual.
Assessor - Is a content expert who is formally qualified to assess the unit of competency.
Competency - (also competence) The ability to perform tasks and duties to the standard expected in employment.
Competency Standard – Is an industry-determined specification of performance, which sets out the skills, knowledge and attitudes, required to operate effectively in employment. Competency standards are made up of units of competency, which are themselves made up of elements of competency, together with performance criteria, a range of variables, and an evidence guide. Competency standards are an endorsed component of a training package.
Challenge Test – This may be required to allow you to demonstrate your competency.
Credit Transfer - The granting of status or credit by a training organisation to students for courses (subjects)/ units of competency completed at the same or another training organisation.
Elements of Competency - Is any of the basic building blocks of a Unit of Competency
which describe the key activities or elements of the work covered by the unit.
Evidence Guide – Is the part of a competency standard which provides a guide to the
interpretation and assessment of the unit of competency, including the aspects which need to be emphasised in assessment, relationships to other units, and the required evidence of competency.
Performance Criteria – Is the part of a competency standard specifying the required level of performance in terms of a set of outcomes that need to be achieved in order to be deemed competent.
Program - Is the qualification enrolled in or to be undertaken. A program is made up of a series of Units of Competency.
Range of Variables - (also called range statement) The part of a competency standard, which specifies the range of contexts and conditions to which the performance criteria apply.
RPL - Is the acknowledgement of a person’s skills and knowledge acquired through previous training, work or life experience, which may be used to grant status or credit in a subject or module.
Training Package – Is an integrated set of nationally endorsed standards, guidelines and qualifications for training, assessing and recognising people’s skills, developed by industry to meet the training needs of an industry or group of industries. Training packages consist of core-endorsed components of competency standards, assessment guidelines and qualifications, and optional non-endorsed components of support materials such as learning strategies, assessment resources and professional development materials.
Unit of Competency - Is a statement of a key function or role in a particular job or occupation.
A Unit of Competency usually consists of four sections:
- Description
- Performance criteria of competency and performance criteria
- Range of variables and
- Evidence guide
